Rocket Engine, Liquid Fuel, F-1

Object Details

Summary: This is the F-1 rocket engine used in the first stage of the Saturn V launch vehicle that took astronauts to the Moon in the Project Apollo program. Each F-1 produced 1.5 million pounds of thrust. The first stage of the Saturn V had five F-1s for a total lift-off thrust of 7.5 million pounds. The fully-fueled Saturn V weighed 6.5 million pounds.; The F-1 used RP-1, a type of kerosene, and liquid oxygen as the propellants. The F-1's 2,500 pound turbopump pumped in the propellants at 42,500 gallons per minute. The engine was made by Rocketdyne, a Division of North American Rockwell Corp. Rocketdyne also made the J-2 engines used in the Saturn V's second and third stages.; This engine was donated to the Smithsonian by Rocketdyne in 1975.

Credit Line: Transferred from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Materials: Cooling tubes (178 tubes), Inconel X; injector, stainless steel and copper; propellant lines, aluminum; valves, aluminum and stainless steel
Dimensions: Overall: 220 15/16 in. length x 144 5/16 in. diameter (561.24 x 366.52 cm); Approximate: 18340 lb. (8319 kg)

National Air and Space Museum

GUID (Link to Original Record): http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv936c5a83f-7f9a-4847-97c7-4b760ca286d0